Changeset df462a9 for chapter08/shadow.xml

Timestamp:

05/12/2021 05:26:46 AM (3 years ago)

Author:

Thomas Trepl (Moody) <thomas@…>

Branches:

ml-11.0, multilib

Children:

3de7f52

Parents:

0e9fb93 (diff), d7a9421 (diff)
Note: this is a merge changeset, the changes displayed below correspond to the merge itself.
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Message:

Merge pre-LFS-11-0 changes

File:

• chapter08/shadow.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

chapter08/shadow.xml

@@ -66 +66 @@
     the obsolete <filename class="directory">/var/spool/mail</filename> location
     for user mailboxes that Shadow uses by default to the <filename
-    class="directory">/var/mail</filename> location used currently:</para>
+    class="directory">/var/mail</filename> location used currently. And,
+    get rid of <filename class="directory">/bin</filename> and
+    <filename class="directory">/sbin</filename> from <envar>PATH</envar>,
+    since they are simply symlinks to their counterpart in
+    <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>.</para>
+
+    <note>
+      <para>If <filename class="directory">/bin</filename> and/or
+      <filename class="directory">/sbin</filename> are prefereed to be
+      left over in <envar>PATH</envar> for some reason, modify
+      <envar>PATH</envar> in <filename>.bashrc</filename> after LFS is
+      built.</para>
+    </note>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -e 's:#ENCRYPT_METHOD DES:ENCRYPT_METHOD SHA512:' \
     -e 's:/var/spool/mail:/var/mail:'                 \
+    -e '/PATH=/{s@/sbin:@@;s@/bin:@@}'                \
     -i etc/login.defs</userinput></screen>
 
@@ -119 +132 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
-    <!--
-    <para>Move a misplaced program to its proper location:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="install">mv -v /usr/bin/passwd /bin</userinput></screen>
-    -->
-
-    <!-- <para>Move Shadow's libraries to more appropriate locations:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="install">mv -v /lib/libshadow.*a /usr/lib
-rm -v /lib/libshadow.so
-ln -sfv ../../lib/libshadow.so.0 /usr/lib/libshadow.so</userinput></screen> -->
 
   </sect2>